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Arguments? Evidence? None. Not even a Brown Shoe citation! We simply don't have a "benchmark model" in labor antitrust to judge these claims off of yet. Maybe we will in 10 years. IO and antitrust have co-evolved. That's not true for labor and antitrust.

Why wouldn’t every self-interested company claim they’re being treated unfairly under the DMA? The incentives are all there: – Free ride on gatekeepers’ investments – Competitive edge over rivals – Low-risk informal procedure – PR brownie points for playing the Big Tech victim

Yesterday, we Int'l Ctr Law & Econ filed comments in the FTC's Request for Public Comment Regarding Technology Platform Censorship. tl;dr: More information on technology platform content moderation is useful, but FTC must recognize legal limits on authority and underlying econ a 🧵

Meta starts AI training with public EU user data on May 27. Ireland's data regulator seems OK with it, but Hamburg is pushing back and there's a court case trying to stop it. Why this matters: rules that get imposed on Meta will likely be the standard for all AI devs in Europe

As the NBA (and NHL) continue deep into the playoffs, I have a new tl;dr in the Int'l Ctr Law & Econ video competition series on the state of the marketplace for live sports, and how antitrust exemptions shape it

Two things can be true at the same time: This is a self-defeating move by the US administration that could hardly have come at a worse time. AND The EU has brought it upon itself by refusing to compromise on its worst regulations. This could easily have been avoided. 🧵

🚨🚨New Competition on the Merits! 🚨🚨 Humphrey's Executor's inevitable fall is now imminent. So what does that actually mean for the FTC, its future, and for companies and counsel engaging with the new, "executive" FTC? Some thoughts: open.substack.com/pub/competitio…

Untethering California from U.S. antitrust’s error-cost, effects-based, and consumer welfare framework would prioritize rivals over consumers and politicize enforcement. New Int'l Ctr Law & Econ regulatory comment from Geoffrey Manne, Dirk Auer, Brian Albrecht & Lazar Radic.🔗↓

Worthwhile read from my friend and colleague Subi Ramakrishnan on the perils of a zero-sum approach to trade policy. 🔗 in comments.

“A way out of the hollow “more” v. “less” enforcement debate is to recognize that legal standards and precedent exist for a reason. Experimental arguments have been raised, tested, and discarded—and, occasionally, they have moved the needle.” truthonthemarket.com/2025/05/28/cal…

THREAD: ICLE's Comments to FTC & DOJ on How Regulations Harm Competition ... Monopolies and unfair competition aren't just about big corporations. Often overlooked are government regulations themselves, creating significant barriers to competition.

Jim Fellinger Geoffrey Manne Subi Ramakrishnan “Reframing trade negotiations not as battlefields but as strategic partnerships helps clarify what’s at stake — and what’s possible. Trade is not war. It’s bridge, and that understanding would lead us to play better ‘hands.’”

Daniel Hanley AAI Those are possibilities; Nevertheless, the enforcement target is mergers that threaten higher prices, reduced output, or less innovation. For that the Brown Shoe factors are much worse than useless.

🧵 THREAD: When we think "monopoly," we picture big corporations crushing competitors. But there's another culprit restricting competition that gets less attention: government regulations themselves. Int'l Ctr Law & Econ's comments to DOJ/FTC explain ... 👇

🚫 THE PERMISSION SLIP ECONOMY: Want to start a hospital, pipeline, or telecom service? You often need a "Certificate of Convenience and Necessity." The catch? Existing competitors get to argue against your application—essentially giving rivals veto power over new entrants.

✅ THE SOLUTION: True competition policy must scrutinize government-created barriers with the same skepticism we apply to private anticompetitive conduct. When regulations protect incumbents and create entry barriers, consumers ultimately pay the price through higher costs and

Read the whole thing over at Truth on the Market, "Could the DOJ and FTC Reform Regulations that Harm Competition?". truthonthemarket.com/2025/05/28/cou…

Or, if you have 90 minutes to kill, read Int'l Ctr Law & Econ's comments, "ICLE Comments to FTC and DOJ on Anticompetitive Regulations". laweconcenter.org/resources/icle…

Special issue on Telecommunications at the Review of Industrial Organization is live. Very grateful for the fantastic contributions of the authors. Hope it inspires more research on the industry, lots of interesting questions to be answered! #econtwitter link.springer.com/journal/11151/…

Turns out hipsters and hillbillies have a lot in common when it comes to antitrust. But, what they have in common is a gut-level disdain for the consumer welfare standard.